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Volcanic explosivity index

The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) is a scale used to measure the size of explosive volcanic eruptions. It was devised by Christopher G. Newhall of the United States Geological Survey and Stephen Self in 1982.

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Volcanic explosivity index

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Volcanic explosivity index → Indicator, Set, Supervolcano, Volcano, Volcanoes

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eruptions vei eruption scale volcanic years index 10 000 ejecta explosivity height last explosive volume magnitude used cloud value given

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Volcanic explosivity indexsee alsoSupervolcano0.60section
Volcanic explosivity indexsee alsoVolcano0.60section
Volcanic explosivity indexsee alsoVolcanoes0.60section
Volcanic explosivity indexsee alsoSet0.60section
Volcanic explosivity indexsee alsoIndicator0.60section

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